Monday, December 5, 2011

Elevator Advertising


There are so many things you can do with elevator doors when it comes to advertising. All it takes is some creativity and thinking of ways your brand can work with these "props."

Here are a couple examples of elevator door advertising from several brands and companies.

This is an ad fr a Superman movie. This ad references Superman's costume change to become a super hero.



This ad advertises a product that helps fight hair loss.



This is an ad for a law firm that specializes in divorce.


Get them off your Dog!

I love this advertisement! It's very creative and a bit interactive. Frontline Plus is a pet product that kills and eliminates ticks and fleas on cats and dogs.

This ad seems to have been placed at a busy location where there are a lot of people, such as an airport or a mall. This creates an illusion of the people being the fleas on this dog.

This is a very creative ad that many people can enjoy, thus creating brand and top of mind awareness for pet owners who are looking for this type of product.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Happy Dogs

Although funny and creative advertisements are effective in grabbing people's attention, I think inspiring ads that have an emotional appeal are more effective in actually pulling people to buy a product or service. This ad for Asics running shoes is very effective in pulling customers, especially those who are dog lovers.

What I like about this ad is that it doesn't tell the audience directly to buy Asics running shoes. Instead, it uses a different approach, by stating that dogs would "lead fuller lives" is the whole world ran. This ad is very powerful because instead just telling it's audience to buy these shoes, it makes a statement of why everyone should be a runner. Its focus is on dogs leading full and happy lives which can have an emotional appeal to dog owners or lovers.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Terrible Ad in Spanish

Because the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. continues to expand, it is very important that brands hire people who are proficient in Spanish. It's unbelievable to me how Bud Light can run this ad without realizing that "parking" and "building" are not Spanish words.

With, "Tan buena como encontrar un parking frente al building" Bud Light meant to say "So good like finding a parking spot in front of the building." I think that most Spanish-speakers who saw this advertisement were able to understand what it meant to say, however, not using proper Spanish makes the brand look really bad. It makes Bud Light seem lazy for not researching the proper translation of what they meant to say. There are thousands of Spanish-speaking professionals and plenty of on-line resources that this brand could have used to make sure that they were using proper Spanish. I feel that there is no excuse for a such a Major brand in the U.S. to mistranslate such a simple phrase into Spanish.

I also feel that if Bud Light wants to advertise how great their beer is, they should have used a more powerful simile. Of course finding a parking spot right in front of the building you're entering is great, but is that the best this brand could come up with? How are parking spots relevant to beer? People shouldn't even be drinking and driving! I would have compared the beer to something refreshing such as walking into an air-conditioned store on a hot day.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Kit-Kat bench

I really enjoy creative advertising strategies such as this one for Kit-Kat. I like how they took something that somewhat resembles the shape of the chocolate and turned it into an advertisement. Very Clever.

I feel that if I were to see this bench while walking in a park, I would immediately crave a Kit-Kat bar.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Chipotle Bag Stories

I really enjoy reading Chipotle's bag stories every time I buy Chipotle. The stories are always changing, so I always look forward to reading the entertaining stories.

I've notices that most of the stories emphasise the quality of their ingredients and they always mention how they use meat from animals that are not injected with hormones or anti-biotics, or as they call it "Drugs." Some bags have the phrase "Say no to drugs!" which works very well with their healthier-food platform.

This bag in particular talks about a revolution for pigs. The narrator is a pig who is tired of living in confining pens injected with anti-biotics and eating non-vegetarian food. The story basically points out how most pigs that are used in the food industry suffer and their treatment is very inhumane, only to have them killed and eaten. This bag story is very powerful and is very effective in supporting their platform of only using pigs that live normal-pig lives.

Earth Travels Print Ad

This is my Print Ad for Earth Travels in Spain.  The print ad for Earth Travels in Spain will be effective because it grabs the audience’s attention by including enticing pictures of the country. These pictures contain a white border and are scattered randomly across the page in order to create the effect of a traveler’s actual printed photos. This ad is simple yet effective because it communicates the message, “Get inspired with advice, tips, and travel information” and it provides Earth Travels’ website. The ad attracts attention because it contains minimal text and the audience can read the information within seconds without getting bored.